Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon This sounds better in the original German. Quote Tweet please log in to view this image Matt Hancock @MattHancock From Monday, we're introducing the 'Rule of 6' If you meet socially in groups of more than 6, you will be dispersed, fined & possibly arrested by the police. If we work together in the national interest, we can defeat this unprecedented #coronavirus
Whether its law breaking or not (there's definitely a debate about whether such international law is enforceable, and if so, by which court), it is an interesting tactic and has got the EU bureaucrats spitting out their vintage Latour. There is a gamble here, and I can't say yet, whether it will pay off. But I am really enjoying the EU looking uncomfortable when they're so used to giving countries like Greece a good kicking
I don't suppose it is enforceable, but it would certainly be breaking the law. After the Cummings fiasco and now this, how can Johnson expect the public to abide by his draconian, puritanical lockdown laws?
But it's not a law. It's making changes by a sovereign parliament to an unenforceable agreement. It's split the Tories down the middle, that's for sure.
You're right, they did use that term. I just think international obligations are nebulous. It's not a statue law, or common law. It's not UN law. I suppose it is a Treaty Law, and that if the EU did want to take action, it would be tried by the International Court of Justice. Expensive, time consuming, and I'm not sure doing it would achieve anything. Life would have moved on. I still think all this is threats and posturing
Doesn't do much for our international reputation though, does it? Who would want sign a trade deal with a nation that doesn't abide by its obligations?
But the UK is not reneging on the Withdrawal Agreement. I assume, for example, that we will be paying the £39bn etc. There's a dispute over the clauses re implimentation over Northern Ireland. The UK says it is for Parliament to interpret and bring in laws as it sees fit
Not reneging on all of it maybe, just the difficult bits. You can't pick and choose. We signed an agreement and should honour it. Who's going to want to deal with us if we don't?
The EU made noises about interfering with trade between NI and the rest of the UK. The UK goverment responds by making a law that only sovereign parliament can rule on the trade inside the UK. It's tit for tat stuff and I don't see it affecting the UK's standing in the world, because it will be seen for what it is
It’s all hot air... if people are worrying about our standing look no further than Corbyn’s Labour Party and the 1200 incidents regarding Jews?
